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(b) Use and availability of waters, land, or In- 



terests therein. 



(c) Acquisition of land, waters, and Interests 



therein; report to the Congress. 



(d) Use of acquired properties. 



(e) Availability of Federal lands acquired or 



withdrawn for Federal water-resource 

 purposes. 



(f) National forest lands. 



664. Administration; rules and regiilatlons; availability 



of lands to State agencies. 

 G65. Investigations as to effect of sewage. Industrial 



wastes; reports. 

 665a. Maintenance of adequate water levels In upper 



Mississippi River. 



666. Appropriations. 

 666a. Penalties. 

 666b. Definitions. 



666c. Applicability to Tennessee Valley Authority. 



666d. Skagit National Wildlife Refuge; exchange of 



lands. 

 666e. Same; administration of lands. 

 666f. Wildlife conservation and agricultural. Industrial, 



recreational, and related uses for cert&ln Federal 



lands; transfer of lands to Secretary of Interior; 



administration, development, and dlspoaltlan. 

 666g. Same; classlflcatoln of lands; Industrial leases: 



admlnisrtatlon; Jurisdiction of Federal a^ndes. 



667. Oame management supply depots; appropriations. 

 667a. State compacts for regulation of fishing In terri- 

 torial or Inland waters. 



667b. Transfer of certain real property for wildlife con- 

 servation purposes; reservation of rights. 



667c. Same; publication of designating order. 



667d. Same; reports to Congress. 



667e. Dead bodies of game animals or game or song birds, 

 subject to laws of State. 



S661. Declaration of purpose; cooperation of mgencies; 

 surveys and investigations; donations. 



For the purpose of recognizing the vital contribu- 

 tion of our wildlife resources to the Nation, the 

 Increasing public interest and significance thereof 

 due to expansion of our national economy and other 

 factors, and to provide that wildlife conservation 

 shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated 

 with other features of water-resource development 

 programs through the effectual and harmonious 

 planning, development, maintenance, and coordina- 

 tion of wildlife conservation and rehabilitation for 

 the purposes of sections 661 to 666c of this title In the 

 United States, its Territories and possessions, the 

 Secretary of the Interior is authorized (1) to provide 

 assistance to, and cooperate with, federal, State, 

 and public or private agencies and organizations In 

 the development, protection, rearing, and stoddng 

 of all species of wildlife, resources thereof, and their 

 habitat, in controlling losses of the same from dis- 

 ease or other causes, in minimizing damages from 

 overabundant species, in providing public shooting 

 and fishing areas, including easements across public 

 lands for access thereto, and in carrying out other 

 measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of 

 said sections ; (2) to malce surveys and investigations 

 of the wildlife of the public domain, including lands 

 and waters or interests therein acquired or con- 

 trolled by any agency of the United States; and <3) 

 to accept donations of land and contributions of 

 funds in furtherance of the purposes of said sections. 

 (Mar. 10. 1934. ch. 55. § 1, 48 Stat. 401; 1939 Reorg. 

 Plan No. II, 5 4 (e) , (f ) . eJT. July 1. 1939, 4 P. R. 2731, 

 53 Stat. 1433: Aug. 14. 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080; 

 Aug. 12. 1958. Pub. L. 85-624. i 2. 72 Stat. 563.) 



Amindmzmtb 



1968— Pub. L. 85-624 Inserted provUlons which relate 

 to recognition of the vital contribution of wildlife re- 

 sources to the Nation, the Increasing public Interest and 

 significance thereof, and to equal consideration and co- 

 ordination of wildlife conservation with other water- 

 resouroes development programs, and which authorize 

 the Secretary to provide public fishing areas, and to ac- 

 cept donations of lands and contributions of funds. 



1946 — Act Aug. 14. 1946, amended section generally n 

 order to promote more effectual planning and cooperation 

 between Federal, State, public, and private agencies for 

 the conservation and rehabilitation of wildlife. 



§ 662. Impounding, diverting, or controlling of waters. 



(a) Consultations between agencies. 



Except as hereafter stated in sul>section (h) of 

 this section, whenever the waters of any stream or 

 other l>ody of water are proposed or authorized to be 

 impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the 

 stream or other body of water otherwise controlled 

 or modified for any purpose whatever. Including 

 navigation and drainage, by any department or 

 agency of the United States, or by any public or 

 private agency under Federal permit or license, such 

 department or agency first shall consult with the 

 United States Pish and WUdllfe Service. Department 

 of the Interior, and with the head of the agency 

 exercising administration over the wildlife resources 

 of the particular State wherein the Impoundment, 

 diversion, or other control facility Is to be con- 

 structed, with a view to the conservation of wildlife 

 resources by preventing loss of and damage to such 

 resources as well as providing for the development 

 and Improvemeiat thereof in connection with such 

 water-resource development. 



(b) Reports and recommendations; consideration. 

 In furtherance of such puri>oses, the reports and 



recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior on 

 the wildlife aspects of such projects, and any report 

 of the head of the State agency exercising adminis- 

 tration over the wildlife resources of the State, based 

 on surveys and investigations conducted by the 

 United States Pish and Wildlife Service and such 

 State agency for the purpose of determining the 

 possible damage to wildlife resources and for the 

 purpose of determining means and measures that 

 should be adopted to prevent the loss of or damage 

 to such wildlife resources, as well as to provide con- 

 currently for the development and Improvement of 

 such resources, shall be made an integral part of 

 any report prepared or submitted by any agency of 

 the Federal Government responsible for engineering 

 surveys and construction of such projects when such 

 ' reports are presented to the Congress or to any 

 agency or person having the authority or the power. 

 by administrative action or otherwise. (1 ) to author- 

 ize the construction of water-resource development 

 projects or (2) to approve a report on the modifi- 

 cation or supplementation of plans for previously 

 authorized projects, to which sections 661 to 666c of 

 this title apply. Recommendations of the Secretary 

 at the Interior shall be as specific as Is practicable 

 with respect to features recommended for wildlife 

 conservation and development, lands to be utilized 

 or acquired for such purposes, the results expected. 

 and shall describe the dtonage to wildlife attribu- 

 table to the project and the measures proposed for 



